COLD SPELL Jan 28th Onwards: Wintry Showers/Frosty, Some Snow Accumulations

Graces7

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I opened by saying this cold spell is open ended and it still is. I'm sorry for those who may be disappointed but the warm sector tonight was not anticipated to have an effect here to the extent it has. This happens. It is not an exact science.

Some will get recompense this morning. Suffice to say some severe weather ahead especially for Ulster in the coming days and there will be more on that later.

Don't be too downbeat. Lots of opportunity ahead. And to those who never wanted snow I don't care:P

Hmmmm not very kind :rolleyes: There is something loud and wet battering at my windows and I have to go out and sort and feed the dogs

DOCARCH

Graces7 wrote: »

There is something loud and wet battering at my windows...

Hopefully it's just rain or hail and not a dolphin or some such creature?

Not much happening in Dublin this morning. Just the odd light sleety rain shower. 2.1c atm.

stephenjmcd

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

That instability and greater lift that hammered the border counties overnight is slipping south. It's the boundary between the cold and very cold air.


Dublin in the firing line. Could be an interesting commute.

long time reader of the whether fourm , first time poster . am on my way into dub city as we speak. what do you think the chances of some heavy snowfall in Dublin are today ?

Kermit.de.frog

stephenjmcd wrote: »

long time reader of the whether fourm , first time poster . am on my way into dub city as we speak. what do you think the chances of some heavy snowfall in Dublin are today ?

This morning - high (mostly moderate but some heavy bursts). In the afternoon more scattered showers, hit and miss.

Lenny5

Just had a heavy enough snow shower in castlebar after an uneventful night. Has put a light coating on the ground

Snow angel

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

That instability and greater lift that hammered the border counties overnight is slipping south. It's the boundary between the cold and very cold air.


Dublin in the firing line. Could be an interesting commute.

How far south will this go?

stephenjmcd

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

This morning - high (mostly moderate but some heavy bursts). In the afternoon more scattered showers, hit and miss.

will be interesting to see. will be right beside the liffey all morning so we wait and see

Clonmel1000

Good morning all a typical January morning in a fairly typical Irish winter on three parts. There is no snow it doesn't look or feel like snowing I haven't met anyone who genuinely feels its goin to snow. Its windy dark and miserable. Roll in Spring.....

Graces7

Wild wet drab and so COLD.. hunkering down to try and get warm and I may be gone some time,..totally nasty out there but everyone is fed and safe. Please, look out for the old wans today and onwards.. dangerous weather now.

kenmc

gutted. winter tyres went on mountain bike last night in anticipation. maybe later. have to go disappoint a sleeping 2 year old now

Reckless Abandonment

Wet snow here in leixlip.

Fear_an_tarbh

Couple of centimetres on the ground at nearly sea level in Letterkenny right now :cool:, on the higher ground (lots of that up here!) and with the freezing road temperatures, there'll be some tricky driving this morning

_Brian

2/3 inches if snow here in Cavan and still light snow falling.

lolie

Thanks Graces7, snow angel and highdef.
I had no sooner writen that post when i heard the AA report on the radio.
If that's still snow on the radar then the roads up there are only gonna get worse this morning, we'll give monaghan a miss so. Stay safe on the roads people.

Philip7304

Some big fluffy flakes falling in Lucan Dublin...

DOCARCH

Philip7304 wrote: »

Some big fluffy flakes falling in Lucan Dublin...

* cranks up the dew point calculator *

Just getting light sleet here (in Dublin 16) now with the odd snow flake...looking forward to big fluffy flakes. 2.3c DP 0.4c atm.

mothel

Rain in Dublin City centre!

Philip7304

DOCARCH wrote: »

* cranks up the dew point calculator *

Just getting light sleet here (in Dublin 16) now with the odd snow flake...looking forward to big fluffy flakes. 2.3c DP 0.4c atm.

Hold of on sending me food parcels..its stopped..

kittyn

DOCARCH wrote: »

* cranks up the dew point calculator *

Just getting light sleet here (in Dublin 16) now with the odd snow flake...looking forward to big fluffy flakes. 2.3c DP 0.4c atm.

And we have action )

stephenjmcd

Just past rte on the bus into dublin . light show of mixed sleet and snow . very light though . nothing to shout about . hopefully theirs more to come

DOCARCH

....and....the big fluffy flakes have arrived!

2.1c DP 0.3c atm

JJJJNR

Snowing in Rathdrum earlier.. feels like -10

snowstorm445

Snowing heavily in D6!

run_Forrest_run

a wet but chilly morning in Cork city.

stephenjmcd

All well and good saying it's snowing in dub . but where I am none of this is sticking

Srfchoops1901

Fairly heavy snow in Dundrum now. No hope of it sticking though

DOCARCH

Dinnerplates! Seriously big snowflakes falling here (in Dublin 16)! 1.9c DP 0.1c

Aspiring

Mainly sleet and some bigger flakes of snow here in Dublin 4.

vickers209

Met have gone to an orange alert for monaghan and cavan and updated there yellow warning

National Weather Warnings

STATUS ORANGE

Snow-ice Warning for Cavan and Monaghan

Update on earlier warning: Wintry showers will continue today. Snow accumulations of 3 to 6 cm are likely, especially on high ground.
Issued:
Thursday 29 January 2015 06:00
Valid:
Thursday 29 January 2015 06:00 to Thursday 29 January 2015 15:00


STATUS YELLOW

Snow-ice Warning for Connacht, Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Louth, Wicklow, Offaly, Westmeath, Meath, Donegal, Clare, Kerry and Tipperary

Update on earlier warning: Wintry showers will continue today. Snow accumulations up to 3 cm are likely. Higher accumulations are possible over hills and mountains.
Issued:
Thursday 29 January 2015 06:27
Valid:
Thursday 29 January 2015 06:00 to Thursday 29 January 2015 15:00

stephenjmcd

Aspiring wrote: »

Mainly sleet and some bigger flakes of snow here in Dublin 4.

just after coming through on the bus . came and went in about 5 mins